Journal-box.



A. 0. BUCKIUS, Jn.

JOURNAL BOX.

APPLlcATloN FILED Dc.23. |913.

1,145,347. /Patented July 6, 1915.

...NUMA @i I. .HUI

ABLE CAsTINGs COMPANY, or CLEVELAND, oLiTo.-y 1V To all whom 'it mayconcern Beit known that I, ALBERT O. BUCKIUS, Jr., a citizenof theUnitedStates,residi'ng at Chicago, Cook county, Illinois, have infvented newand useful Improvements in Journal-Boxes, o f which the following is aspecification, reference-being had to the accompanying drawings, inwhich- Figure 1 is a section of a journal box embodying my invention andshowing the lid inI close position; Fig. 2 is a section showing the lidin opened position; Fig. 3 is a section of the box showing thelid-operating mechanism in elevation,]and Fig` 4 is an elevation ofmechanism for securing the lid to lthebox.

invention relates to ournal boxes and 4 provides a box having a lid heldtightly closed against all movements, except a pivotal one, by a springlever regardless of the wear and tear to which the lid andmeeting facesof the box may be subjected. i

My invention also consists in the improved construction which I shallhereinafter describe and claim.

Referring to the drawings, 2 indicates the journal boxand 3 the journalbox lid. The box 2 has bosses 4 concentric with the axis of the hingepin 5, which seats in the pin apertures of the hinge lug 6. The lid 3 isattached to the box 2 by circular socket bearings 7, which bear on thebosses 4, and by the hinge pin 5. The lever and spring mechanism iscomprised of a spring 8 ofsubstantially U-shape, in each arm of whichare formed coils of loops 9, which provide registering apertures 10 forthe insertion of a pin 11 upon which the spring 8 has its pivot. Theupper or closed end 12 of the spring 8 is bent at anl angle to the bodyof the spring, and mounted thereon is a wear.-y

ing shoe 13. rlhe shoe 13, which is pref-y erably attached to the part12 by bendable lugs 14, provides a cam surface adapted to engage andslide upon the cam surfaces 15` and 16 of the hinge lug 6.

The ends "17 of the spring 8 are secured in small-pockets 18 formed inthe lid 3 near itsl inside lower edge, andthe 4spring is pivotedintermediate of its length' by the pin 11, the ends of which seat insockets 19 on the inner face of the lid. The sockets 19 are open attheir upper sides, as is shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3, to permitinsertion of the pin 11.

JOURNAL-isola.y

Specification of Letters Patent.

` position.

cured to the lid by the sockets 19` and'jthe pin 11, and thelid is.applied to thefbox,"tlie"`con To THE NATIONAL iviALLEQ` an sTATns PATENTorrrCE.-

ALBERT o. :BUCKIus` Jn.; or claimed-ILLINOIS, AssICNoR i iYeraterlitten-.Tinyaisne.I y l. `Applicationfile a'necemberaa,1913.serialNassiaf] jj? 4 tact of the shoe 13 with thesur'face 15f'013. 4

the surface 16 causesy avtensionjon thefsprin'gf: i g

and prevents the its sockets 19. v Vhen the lid'3 is in closed position,as is Pin -ll frein@j @Omi-11g Out'pf hinge lug, whichholds the bosses-4of the This cooperation ofthe slidingmovement of the lid 3 in averticalydirection and compensates 'for' 'wear 'when shown in F ig. 1, the,yshoe 13 isheld'against' .j the cam surface 15 kby the action of ,the

spring 8, which is under tension, .and a pres`l sure is exerted betweenVthe pivot 11 -and the' j latter securely against the socket bearings 7,.1 parts prevents any theinitial fit of the parts has been lost throughservice.

the lid against, rather than away from, the box by reason of its bearingagainst the cam surface 15, the lid will nevertheless `remain pin 5 beremoved or broken.`

l As the reaction of the i spring lever 8 against the lid tends to holdtion the shoe 13 moves across the cam surface 15, thereby increasing thecompressionv Aof the spring until the lid has beenv moved so that therear end of the shoe 13 has passed `the meeting point 20 of the camsurfaces 15 and 16, from which point it will slide along thecamsurface16 and will allow the spring i l 8 to rexpand. The spring 8 isunder com-` pression at all times, but it is under the greatestcompressionwhen ythe rear end of the shoe 13 is passing the meetingpoint20 of the cam surfaces 15 and .16, from which j* point the spring8, in rexpanding, throws` the lid positively either to openv or toclosedIt is obvious that various changes may be made in the construction whichI'have shown and described herein withoutk departing from my invention.

What I claim is:

1.` In a journal box, a hinge `lughaving camsurfaces thereon,v alidsecured to the hinge lug, a spring lever mounted on the lid, havingcoiled portions comprising piv-l otal points of attachment to the lid, aretaining pin for the coiled portions, and an angledportion comprisingmeans coperating with the cam surfaces on the hinge lug for increasingthel compression of the spring during a portion of the opening orclosing movement.

2. In a journal box, a hinge lug having convergent faces, a lid securedto the hinge lug, a spring having a pivotal mounting near its middleportion on the lid, and a wearing shoe secured to the spring and beingadapted to co-act alternately with the convergent faces of the hingelug, and the spring being adapted of itself to press the said wearingshoe inwardly upon one of said faces and thereby hold the lid tightlyshut.

Y 3.v In a journal box, a hinge lug having cam surfaces thereon, a lidhaving a pivotal mounting on said lug, and a flexible lever pivotallymounted upon said lid, one end of said flexible lever reacting outwardlyagainst said lid, the other end ofy said lever reacting outwardlyagainst a cam surface on the hinge lug, and an intermediate por- I tionof said flexible lever reacting inwardly against its point of pivotalattachment to Vthe lid, whereby said lid, when in closed position, ispressed inwardly against the Copies of this patent may be obtained formouth of the box at its top and bottom edges.

4f.. In a journal box, a hinge lug, a lid pivotally mounted thereon, anda flexible lever pivoted to the lid near the middle of said lid, saidflexible lever, when the lid is closed, reacting outwardly at one of itsends against the hinge lug and reacting inwardly at an intermediateportion on its point of pivotal attachment to the lid.

5. ln a journal box, a hinge lug having cam surfaces thereon, a lidpivotally mounted on said box, and a spring pivotally mounted upon saidlid, one end of said spring, when the lid is closed, being in engagementwith and beingpressed inwardly by a cam surface, such pressure beingtransmitted through the spring to the pivotal mounting, to hold said lidtightly against the mouth of the box.

HARRY A. FISCHER, PHILIP A. HILL.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D; C.

